Flag * Drapeau

1. Description. On an azure field, the Branch badge is centred between two red horizontal bars.

2. Significance. The azure blue background of the flag, as found on the Canadian Forces badge, represents the loyalty and faithful devotion of service members to their sovereign and country. The infantry red of the bars signifies the Branch’s early role in providing a selection service for overseas duty in the Canadian Army, an Army which, when the Branch was formed, was composed mainly of infantry. Red is also the dominant colour of the Canadian flag.

3. Presentation. The Branch’s first Colonel Commandant, Vice Admiral Brian Hotsenpiller, officially received the flag on behalf of the Branch from the Assistant Deputy Minister (Personnel), Lieutenant-General James Fox, on 8 February 1990.